Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Koochiching
- When
- February 12, 3:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Koochiching forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 48.245, -93.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 12, 2022
A clipper system worked across the region on the night of the 10th into the 11th with cold high pressure building in behind this system. Overnight lows dropped into the 20s and 30s below zero the morning of the 12th under clear skies along with light winds.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
A clipper system worked across the region on the night of the 10th into the 11th with cold high pressure building in behind this system. Overnight lows dropped into the 20s and 30s below zero the morning of the 12th under clear skies along with light winds. This produced dangerous wind chills in the 40s below zero with the coldest reading being -48F in International Falls.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Cook / Northern Lake
- When
- February 12, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cook / Northern Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 47.670, -90.975 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cook
- When
- February 12, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Cook forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.817, -90.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central St. Louis
- When
- February 12, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Central St. Louis forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 47.590, -92.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern St. Louis / Carlton
- When
- February 12, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern St. Louis / Carlton forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.091, -92.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern St. Louis
- When
- February 12, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern St. Louis forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.590, -92.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Cass
- When
- February 12, 7:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1006859, 1006861, 1006863, 1006862, 1006865, 1006860, 1006864.